Re: asking for the bathroom
| From: | Dan Seriff <microtonal@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 30, 2001, 17:50 |
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Sally Caves wrote:
> LOL! Let's see, Teonaht: Kwa'r perva li ... bav memwot?
>
> I just asked for the water room. I can't believe that I have no word
> for
> toilet in Teonaht. And then all the politeness conventions. You can't
> just baldly say "where's the shit stool?" There have to be
> circumlocutions,
> idioms, metaphors. Any suggestions or conlang examples?
In Mungayöd: "Iu më sjë?"
Lit.: "Where is that place?"
The Ancients had somewhat of an obsession with politeness. It wasn't
taboo to refer to bodily functions, just impolite in public company.
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Daniel Seriff
microtonal@sericap.com
http://members.tripod.com/microtonal
Futharusào li utsoto wi pæthong, raskèsào lang li!
Si me iterum insanum appelles, oculum alterum tuum edem.
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